<!--QuoteBegin-Kerotan+May 7 2005, 04:28 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Kerotan @ May 7 2005, 04:28 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Ratonetwothreetwoone+May 7 2005, 11:25 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Ratonetwothreetwoone @ May 7 2005, 11:25 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> i blame his mother.. she should have strategically planned to call him during the not school hours... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> tbh shes in the army, shes not free 24/7... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> he was being sarcastic...
<!--QuoteBegin-Quaunaut+May 7 2005, 08:23 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Quaunaut @ May 7 2005, 08:23 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> "Kevin got defiant and disorderly,'' Parham said. "<b>When a kid becomes out of control like that</b>... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Out of control? He was talking to his mom in Iraq! It's the teachers that are out of control because they overlook fealings and reality.
"Sabbat was made for Man, Man was not made for the Sabbat."
Let's hope the parents in that community have enough spine to go to town with these idiots.
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->its funny how everyone is getting on the defensive, its the media....you don't know the whole stroy only the key points that create controversy.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Sure, there's always that possibility, but you know, as long as a) he used the phone <i>outside class</i> and b) his mother serves in the crisis region, I couldn't care less about the details, I'll still be on his side. God knows that <i>I</i> would've been disorderly if someone forced me to abort a conversation with a beloved one I can reasonably expect never to see again.
According to the link (which apparently was broken at some time? But now is working again), after 3 days the school was getting so much heat over it that they canceled the suspension (technically, reduced it to 3 days, which had already gone by, thus ending the suspension).
If the kid didn't belong on the cell phone in school, why should it be any different just because his mothers in iraq? Some glorified sample of patriotism shouldn't dilute the rules.
I hate to shoot down everyones argument but it needs to be shot before Fox news makes this boy their posterchild.
<!--QuoteBegin-CommunistWithAGun+May 7 2005, 07:10 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ May 7 2005, 07:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> If the kid didn't belong on the cell phone in school, why should it be any different just because his mothers in iraq? Some glorified sample of patriotism shouldn't dilute the rules.
I hate to shoot down everyones argument but it needs to be shot before Fox news makes this boy their posterchild. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Setting what actual war it is aside, It's the more the fact his mother is in a setting where she can get killed. No telling when/if she could, and I'd like to talk to my mother whenever possible, if I was that kid.
<!--QuoteBegin-CommunistWithAGun+May 8 2005, 12:10 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ May 8 2005, 12:10 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> If the kid didn't belong on the cell phone in school, why should it be any different just because his mothers in iraq? Some glorified sample of patriotism shouldn't dilute the rules.
I hate to shoot down everyones argument but it needs to be shot before Fox news makes this boy their posterchild. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Well said CWAG.
<!--QuoteBegin-arctica+May 7 2005, 07:17 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (arctica @ May 7 2005, 07:17 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-CommunistWithAGun+May 7 2005, 07:10 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ May 7 2005, 07:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> If the kid didn't belong on the cell phone in school, why should it be any different just because his mothers in iraq? Some glorified sample of patriotism shouldn't dilute the rules.
I hate to shoot down everyones argument but it needs to be shot before Fox news makes this boy their posterchild. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Setting what actual war it is aside, It's the more the fact his mother is in a setting where she can get killed. No telling when/if she could, and I'd like to talk to my mother whenever possible, if I was that kid. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> So? Alot of people skipped vietnam because their familys were wealthy enough to pay their way into college, dosen't make it any less assinine. They sent the poor kids off to fight the rich mans war. RULES ARE RULES...just because you got away with murder dosen't mean you aren't guilty of being an ****.
(No im not calling you an ****, <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->)
Wow, I use my cell all the time whilst in school, sometimes in class. And I always use "profanity" in the presence of, or directed at school administration, and I've never been suspended.
I know a couple of guys (they happen to be good friends now btw) who got into a fight, and a blood vessel burst in one of their eyes, they were suspended for 5 days.
I use my cell at school, but I'll only use it in class to text message. And even then, I'm only text messaging my friend who is across the room. We like to talk, but our seats are too far apart.
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<!--QuoteBegin-CommunistWithAGun+May 7 2005, 05:10 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ May 7 2005, 05:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> If the kid didn't belong on the cell phone in school, why should it be any different just because his mothers in iraq? Some glorified sample of patriotism shouldn't dilute the rules.
I hate to shoot down everyones argument but it needs to be shot before Fox news makes this boy their posterchild. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Disagreeing with the war doesn't make that okay.
<!--QuoteBegin-Quaunaut+May 7 2005, 11:45 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Quaunaut @ May 7 2005, 11:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-CommunistWithAGun+May 7 2005, 05:10 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ May 7 2005, 05:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> If the kid didn't belong on the cell phone in school, why should it be any different just because his mothers in iraq? Some glorified sample of patriotism shouldn't dilute the rules.
I hate to shoot down everyones argument but it needs to be shot before Fox news makes this boy their posterchild. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Disagreeing with the war doesn't make that okay. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Sorry but rules are rules, nobody should have any more priveledges than anyone else within means. If his mom died and they needed to contact him thats one thing. If the schools policy says "NO cell phones" What's so hard to understand about that
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<!--QuoteBegin-CommunistWithAGun+May 7 2005, 09:52 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ May 7 2005, 09:52 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Quaunaut+May 7 2005, 11:45 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Quaunaut @ May 7 2005, 11:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-CommunistWithAGun+May 7 2005, 05:10 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ May 7 2005, 05:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> If the kid didn't belong on the cell phone in school, why should it be any different just because his mothers in iraq? Some glorified sample of patriotism shouldn't dilute the rules.
I hate to shoot down everyones argument but it needs to be shot before Fox news makes this boy their posterchild. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Disagreeing with the war doesn't make that okay. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Sorry but rules are rules, nobody should have any more priveledges than anyone else within means. If his mom died and they needed to contact him thats one thing. If the schools policy says "NO cell phones" What's so hard to understand about that <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Human emotion.
Frankly, if I was in his situation, I'd get effin violent before someone forced me to hang up.
He was breaking school rules, and you know you can't be getting the entire story. As much as people like to think "OMGZ SCHOOL IS OUT TO GET US" they wouldn't have just suspended a kid out of nowhere. He must have REALLY over-reacted at being told to cut off his conversation, yelling curse words and what-not. So he gets slapped with a suspension for being a jerk, then ends up taking it the news and making it sound like it had everything to do with his cell-phone conversation.
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<!--QuoteBegin-Xyth+May 7 2005, 10:37 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Xyth @ May 7 2005, 10:37 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> He was breaking school rules, and you know you can't be getting the entire story. As much as people like to think "OMGZ SCHOOL IS OUT TO GET US" they wouldn't have just suspended a kid out of nowhere. He must have REALLY over-reacted at being told to cut off his conversation, yelling curse words and what-not. So he gets slapped with a suspension for being a jerk, then ends up taking it the news and making it sound like it had everything to do with his cell-phone conversation.
You guys need to not jump to conclusions. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I've read the local paper's take, and the take of a interviewer.
I'm looking at everything I can, and I still think he was right.
Maybe its the fact that my entire school area is idiotic(35million in the hole, yet wasting money on stupid things. By the end of this school year we'll be 50mill in).
I'm really sad and poor because I've lost my job and tried really hard to work but nothing just works out. I rob a bank, but because of my emotion and good intent I should get off scott free. (Yeah, its an extreme example, fitting for how crazy it is this kid can't follow simple rules)
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<!--QuoteBegin-CommunistWithAGun+May 7 2005, 11:50 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ May 7 2005, 11:50 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I'm really sad and poor because I've lost my job and tried really hard to work but nothing just works out. I rob a bank, but because of my emotion and good intent I should get off scott free. (Yeah, its an extreme example, fitting for how crazy it is this kid can't follow simple rules) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> The difference is, Communist, one of them severly harms others, the other doesn't in any way, shape, or form.
Rule: No cellphones. Action: Kid uses cellphone. Result: Kid whines cos he's somehow special and the rules magically don't apply to him, waah waaah waah waah.
<!--QuoteBegin-Align+May 8 2005, 05:31 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Align @ May 8 2005, 05:31 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> There are exceptions to every rule. You'd let someone talk on the cellphone if they were informed that a family member had died, right? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> But the mother wasn't dead though. I mean, I have a good friend in Iraq. But he works Satcomm so he isn't in the line of fire, so he tells me. For all we know, she's in a situation like that.
It's not like they couldn't have organized a different time for her to call him. I have relatives in Dubai, which is really close to Saudi Arabia, and they always figure out good times to get a hold of my mom.
CWAG, please dislodge Micheal Moore from your rectum.
This has nothing - <i>nothing</i> - to do with the war. If his mother had been in hospital for a difficult operation, if she had been in an accident, if there had been any other such extreme situation, my opinion would've been the exact same - and consider that lethal danger is not a necessary ingredient of an extreme situation. Imagine his mother was away on a business endeavour for half a year and could only contact him at that time. (By the way, if you remember, I'm a German citizen not exactly in favor of Bush's policy, so don't try to play the 'hollow patriotism' card against me.)
"Rules are rules." - Don't make me laugh. We're talking about a high school codex here. I dare any one of the board members in or beyond higher education to claim that (s)he did never break one of those rules for infinitely more brittle reasons. I fail to see how equal treatment factors into the issue. When I visited my grandmother before a very critical operation (she unfortunately died in it), my school, and god knows I don't have a high regard for its administration, had no qualms whatsoever with excusing me from classes. Not one of my co-students felt violated over it, because - get this - they had no beloved one on the deadbed. He did not leave any one of his classes over this. He talked to his mother during his lunch break, which indicates to me that the call was already timed to the best available opportunity of all concerned. As such, he did not disturb or interrupt any single one person - unless you believe that to speak during lunch breaks constitutes a disruption. This is for all data I have available a stoid application of a rule intended to support, not penalize the pupils. If his conduct in response to this application was disorderly, I quite honestly do not dare, on the contrary, I salute him for standing up for something much more sensible than most 17 years olds waste their time on.
What kind of sick freak would stop someone from talking to <i>any</i> family member stationed in Iraq? From what I've read and seen, there is no "front line." Seeing as I'm against the war, there are a lot of people who think/say I don't support the troops- that's bull. Either way, the kid's mother is in an extreme situation, she calls her kid while in school, but doesn't know because of the time zone thing. He takes the call, and the "right" thing to do would have been to answer, say "Sorry, mom, can't talk now." What would that do to her? What emotionally devoid person would do that to someone stationed in a country that's a battle zone (that's halfway across the world, I might add)?
<!--QuoteBegin-Cold NiTe+May 7 2005, 04:40 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cold NiTe @ May 7 2005, 04:40 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Sky+May 7 2005, 03:38 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Sky @ May 7 2005, 03:38 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Metalcat+May 7 2005, 10:48 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Metalcat @ May 7 2005, 10:48 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Mr JeburtO+May 7 2005, 09:47 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mr JeburtO @ May 7 2005, 09:47 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> At my college you'r allowed to leave the class if it is an important call like this.
sometimes i just dont understand the American way of thinking <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> you are win <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
who does understand the american way of thinking? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> How the hell is this "the American way of thinking"? There are people from America right in this thread saying how frickin idiotic this is. If someone does something stupid in Germany, England, Canada, wherever, does that mean they're following their countries' "way of thinking?". No, they're just a moron. Which is what you two are, thinking that this school administration represents something all Americans agree with. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> People LOVE to generalize, sky. Give up. We're just going to be represented by the idiots within our country. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> because we are so evil when we are making jokes about America?
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tbh shes in the army, shes not free 24/7...
<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
he was being sarcastic...
<!--emo&::gorge::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/pudgy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='pudgy.gif' /><!--endemo-->
But rules are meant to be broken!
But rules are meant to be broken! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Exactly.
Out of control? He was talking to his mom in Iraq! It's the teachers that are out of control because they overlook fealings and reality.
Let's hope the parents in that community have enough spine to go to town with these idiots.
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->its funny how everyone is getting on the defensive, its the media....you don't know the whole stroy only the key points that create controversy.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Sure, there's always that possibility, but you know, as long as a) he used the phone <i>outside class</i> and b) his mother serves in the crisis region, I couldn't care less about the details, I'll still be on his side. God knows that <i>I</i> would've been disorderly if someone forced me to abort a conversation with a beloved one I can reasonably expect never to see again.
I hate to shoot down everyones argument but it needs to be shot before Fox news makes this boy their posterchild.
I hate to shoot down everyones argument but it needs to be shot before Fox news makes this boy their posterchild. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Setting what actual war it is aside, It's the more the fact his mother is in a setting where she can get killed. No telling when/if she could, and I'd like to talk to my mother whenever possible, if I was that kid.
I hate to shoot down everyones argument but it needs to be shot before Fox news makes this boy their posterchild. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Well said CWAG.
I hate to shoot down everyones argument but it needs to be shot before Fox news makes this boy their posterchild. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Setting what actual war it is aside, It's the more the fact his mother is in a setting where she can get killed. No telling when/if she could, and I'd like to talk to my mother whenever possible, if I was that kid. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
So? Alot of people skipped vietnam because their familys were wealthy enough to pay their way into college, dosen't make it any less assinine. They sent the poor kids off to fight the rich mans war. RULES ARE RULES...just because you got away with murder dosen't mean you aren't guilty of being an ****.
(No im not calling you an ****, <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->)
I know a couple of guys (they happen to be good friends now btw) who got into a fight, and a blood vessel burst in one of their eyes, they were suspended for 5 days.
Sounds like this school in Georgia sucks arse.
I hate to shoot down everyones argument but it needs to be shot before Fox news makes this boy their posterchild. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Disagreeing with the war doesn't make that okay.
in my school, if you don't use profanity... you're ignored...
only words that get you in trouble are
If your a Caucasian Christian (no joke)
Christ
Jesus
God
N****r
N**let
or
f***
if you're not white you can use the last 3, if your not christian, you can use the first three
1
2
3
YAY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND RELIGION!
4
5
6
YAY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL EQUALITY AMONG RACES
Uh... where'd they go?
I hate to shoot down everyones argument but it needs to be shot before Fox news makes this boy their posterchild. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Disagreeing with the war doesn't make that okay. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Sorry but rules are rules, nobody should have any more priveledges than anyone else within means. If his mom died and they needed to contact him thats one thing. If the schools policy says "NO cell phones" What's so hard to understand about that
I hate to shoot down everyones argument but it needs to be shot before Fox news makes this boy their posterchild. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Disagreeing with the war doesn't make that okay. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Sorry but rules are rules, nobody should have any more priveledges than anyone else within means. If his mom died and they needed to contact him thats one thing. If the schools policy says "NO cell phones" What's so hard to understand about that <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Human emotion.
Frankly, if I was in his situation, I'd get effin violent before someone forced me to hang up.
You guys need to not jump to conclusions.
You guys need to not jump to conclusions. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I've read the local paper's take, and the take of a interviewer.
I'm looking at everything I can, and I still think he was right.
Maybe its the fact that my entire school area is idiotic(35million in the hole, yet wasting money on stupid things. By the end of this school year we'll be 50mill in).
The difference is, Communist, one of them severly harms others, the other doesn't in any way, shape, or form.
Action: Kid uses cellphone.
Result: Kid whines cos he's somehow special and the rules magically don't apply to him, waah waaah waah waah.
But the mother wasn't dead though. I mean, I have a good friend in Iraq. But he works Satcomm so he isn't in the line of fire, so he tells me. For all we know, she's in a situation like that.
It's not like they couldn't have organized a different time for her to call him. I have relatives in Dubai, which is really close to Saudi Arabia, and they always figure out good times to get a hold of my mom.
This has nothing - <i>nothing</i> - to do with the war. If his mother had been in hospital for a difficult operation, if she had been in an accident, if there had been any other such extreme situation, my opinion would've been the exact same - and consider that lethal danger is not a necessary ingredient of an extreme situation. Imagine his mother was away on a business endeavour for half a year and could only contact him at that time. (By the way, if you remember, I'm a German citizen not exactly in favor of Bush's policy, so don't try to play the 'hollow patriotism' card against me.)
"Rules are rules." - Don't make me laugh. We're talking about a high school codex here. I dare any one of the board members in or beyond higher education to claim that (s)he did never break one of those rules for infinitely more brittle reasons. I fail to see how equal treatment factors into the issue. When I visited my grandmother before a very critical operation (she unfortunately died in it), my school, and god knows I don't have a high regard for its administration, had no qualms whatsoever with excusing me from classes. Not one of my co-students felt violated over it, because - get this - they had no beloved one on the deadbed.
He did not leave any one of his classes over this. He talked to his mother during his lunch break, which indicates to me that the call was already timed to the best available opportunity of all concerned. As such, he did not disturb or interrupt any single one person - unless you believe that to speak during lunch breaks constitutes a disruption.
This is for all data I have available a stoid application of a rule intended to support, not penalize the pupils. If his conduct in response to this application was disorderly, I quite honestly do not dare, on the contrary, I salute him for standing up for something much more sensible than most 17 years olds waste their time on.
sometimes i just dont understand the American way of thinking <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
you are win <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
who does understand the american way of thinking? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
How the hell is this "the American way of thinking"? There are people from America right in this thread saying how frickin idiotic this is. If someone does something stupid in Germany, England, Canada, wherever, does that mean they're following their countries' "way of thinking?". No, they're just a moron. Which is what you two are, thinking that this school administration represents something all Americans agree with. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
People LOVE to generalize, sky. Give up. We're just going to be represented by the idiots within our country. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
because we are so evil when we are making jokes about America?